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Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 1, January 1958] ed. Joseph Commings (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp+, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Grass Is Greener · Michael Fessier · ss

11 · Detective’s Dilemma · Hal G. Evarts · ss

25 · The Laughing Butcher · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1948

43 · The Female Animal [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · ss

55 · Just One Too Many · Jack T. Callender · ss

69 · My Cousin Peter · Frances Carfi Matranga · ss

75 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947

91 · Murder Is My Business · Stuart Palmer · ss

101 · Discord in Harmony · Margaret Manners · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 2, March 1958] (35¢, digest)

· Fatal Figures · Rick Edelstein · ss

· Ah, Sweet Mystery of Knife · Jules Archer · ss

· Downbeat for Murder · Wenzell Brown · ss

· Double or Nothing · Harold Q. Masur · ss

· But the Patient Died [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s October 18 1947

· Be My Dead Valentine · Stuart Palmer · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 3, May 1958] ed. William MacFarlane (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp+, digest)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

· [interior artwork] · Lya Korda · il

3 · Memory Expert · Leonard Guardino · ss

7 · Into the Web · David Newell · ss The Elks Magazine 1950

19 · One for the Book · Jules Archer · ss

37 · Death Rode the Rails · William P. McGivern · ss

49 · The Love Nest · Henry Slesar · ss

59 · Calling All Cars! · Karl Detzer · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1948

71 · Three Bears Cottage · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951

79 · Florian Slappey—Private Eye [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1950

99 · Everybody Killed Sylvia · Donald Westlake · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 4, July 1958] (35¢, digest)

· Specter of the Rose · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty November 22 1941

· To My Darling · C. S. Forester · ss Esquire September 1935

· The Bewitched Terrace · Monte Craven · ss

· The Nightmare · David C. Cooke · ss 15 Story Detective February 1951

· Fatal Decision · Edward D. Hoch · ss

· The Hunted · Charles Mergendahl · ss Esquire April 1949

· Counsel for the Damned · Joseph Commings · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 5, September 1958] ed. William MacFarlane (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Murderers · Charles Beaumont · ss Esquire February 1955

17 · A Deadly Obsession · Virginia Page · ss

27 · The Devil’s Printer · Donald E. Westlake · ss

45 · A Tired Romeo · Jean Johnson · ss 1942

57 · The Perfect Crime · B. R. Redman · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1928

75 · The Dancing Detective [Nick Ballestier] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask February 1938, as “Dime a Dance”

99 · Crime in Rhyme · Margaret Manners · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 6, November 1958] (35¢, digest)

· No Business Like · Rolfe Passer (error, actually by Donald E. Westlake) · ss

· Suspicion · Richard Comfort · ss

· The Television Frame-Up · Matt Taylor · ss

· There’ll Be Some Changes, Maiden · Leonard J. Guardino · ss

· Madman’s Delight · Arnold Marmor · ss

· Over My Dead Buddy · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss

· The Gentleman Caller · Veronica Parker Johns · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955

· Intrigue in Algiers · Curtis W. Casewit · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 2 No. 7, December 1958] (35¢, digest)

· Sinner or Saint · Donald E. Westlake · nv

· Time to Die · David C. Cooke · ss

· Make Mine Murder · Leonard J. Guardino · ss

· Deadline at Midnight · Jack Douglas · ss

· Keep It Clean · Jack Kavanagh · ss

· The Murder Waltz · Arnold Marmor · ss

· Murder in Tanganyika · Wenzell Brown · ss

· Dream of Death · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask October 1940, as “C-Jag”

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 1, January 1959] (35¢, digest)

· Miss Darkness · Fredric Brown · ss Avon Detective Mysteries #3, 1947

· Pick-Up · Ed Lacy · ss

· Haunted Killer · W. E. Dan Ross · ss

· The Magnificent Liar · David C. Cooke · ss

· The Trigger · Charles Beaumont · ss

· The Sweet Trap · Stuart Palmer · ss

· Queen of the Wretched · Charles B. Child · ss

· Peaceful Country · William Stanley · ss

· The Bed That Invited Murder · John Fistere · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 2, February 1959] (35¢, digest)

· A Woman’s Sacrifice · Rolfe Passer · ss

· The Envelope · Jack Kavanagh · ss

· Edwardian Episode · Leslie Godfrey · ss

· A Deadly Mistake · Hedwig Caterines · ss

· The Liar and the Loot · Ed Lacy · ss

· Heater Is Dead · C. L. Sweeney, Jr. · ss

· Escape · Edwin E. McBrayer · ss

· Journey to Death · Edward D. Hoch · ss

· Dunes of Doom · Victor Blake · ss

· Sharks in Paradise · John Laffin · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 3, March 1959] (35¢, digest)

· The Stolen Dream · Rolfe Passer · ss

· Return Unopened · W. E. Dan Ross · ss

· The Last Act · Vela DePeugh · ss

· The High Cost of Murder · Harold Russell · ss

· The Unquiet Corpse · Thomas Maddock · ss

· The Long Drop · David C. Cooke · ss

· Bones for Davy Jones · Joseph Commings · ss Crooks’ Tour ed. Bruno Fischer, Dodd, Mead, 1953

· With His Eyes Shut Tight · Norman Daniels · ss

· Decoy for Murder · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 4, April 1959] ed. Donald E. Westlake (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Gunman Anyone? · Rolfe Passer · ss; given as “Gunman Anyone” in the Table of Contents.

9 · Angelique · Jon A. Teta · ss

19 · Death for Sale · Donald E. Westlake · ss

31 · Masquerade · Henry Slesar · ss

41 · The Harried Hearse · Jean McKay Eckhardt · ss

49 · Home Is Where You Hang Your Husband · Joseph Commings · ss

67 · It Started with Eve · George Wilton · ss

79 · My Cousin Peter · F. C. Matranga · ss Mystery Digest January 1958

85 · Don’t Be a Teaser · Felix Sun · ss

95 · The Flunky · Josena LaPerma · ss

107 · Make Me an Angel · Walt Sheldon · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 5, May 1959] ed. Donald E. Westlake (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Case of the Missing Robe · Joey Adams · ss

11 · Love’s Revenge · Jon A. Teta · ss

23 · Haunted Spirit · John Field Holder · ss

37 · Mako Basin · Noel Browne · ss

51 · Death Relived · Thomas Maddock · ss

59 · Retribution · Herbert Goldstone · ss

69 · Confession · Wilkie Collins · ss (r); possibly a reprint of “The Clergyman’s Confession” (Canadian Monthly, August & September 1875).

89 · Personal Column · James Bayley · ss

103 · The Prude Nude · Jack Sylvester · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 6, June 1959] ed. Donald E. Westlake (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Return of Madelaine · Joey Adams · ss

9 · Journey to Death · Donald E. Westlake · ss

19 · The Last Letter · Robert Phillips · ss

35 · Aloha · Joseph Commings · ss

47 · Good-by Mr. Cable · Benet Anderson · ss

61 · The Last Grasp · Alice Wernherr · nv

89 · The Dance of the Devil · William Cressman · ss

107 · The Clinging Vine · Jon A. Teta · nv

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 7, July-August 1959] (35¢, digest)

· The Late Late Show · Rolfe Passer · ss

· Souvenir · Robert Phillips · ss

· Stand-In for Murder · Gloria Root Savoldi · ss

· La Vie en Rose · A. E. Treppass · ss

· The Devil’s Cousin · Joseph Commings · ss

· Angels Alley · Jon A. Teta · ss

· A Double Take · Bill Pugsley · ss

· Don’t Mention Any Names · Wilkie Collins · ss (r)

· Fatal Experiment · R. T. Oksanen · ss

· The Perfect Woman · Gordon Parks · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 8, September-October 1959] (35¢, digest)

· The Beatnik · Rolfe Passer · ss

· Satan’s Lure · Jon A. Teta · ss

· The Hard Way · Mark Lewin · ss

· The Ledge Bit · Donald E. Westlake · ss

· Evil Castle · Alex Taylor · ss

· Hamlet’s Pratfall · Joey Adams · ss

· The Wrong Chair · Alvira Lunsford · ss

· I Met Sherlock Holmes · H. Allen Smith · ss

· House of Murder · Wilkie Collins · ss (r)

· Delusion · Paul W. Pickelle · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 3 No. 9, November-December 1959] (35¢, digest)

· Sex and Crime · Marci Wallis · ss

· A Town Named Hades · Harold Q. Masur · ss

· Sorry, No Crime Today · Thomas Checchia · ss

· The Ice Age · Monte Craven · ss

· Escape from Hell · Wilkie Collins · ss (r)

· The Last Ghost · Richard Stark · ss

· The Disastrous Painting · Rolfe Passer · ss

· Three Chamberpots · Joseph Commings · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 4 No. 1, January-February 1960] ed. Jon A. Teta (Shelton Publishing Corporation, 35¢, 128pp, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Love · “Cappy” · ss

11 · Strip for Murder · Ernestine Barrett · ss

27 · The Black Book · Joseph Commings · ss

37 · The Sin of Dr. Hobson · Rolfe Passer · ss

47 · It’s a Wonderful World · William Shaw · ss

57 · Murder Around Us · Jon A. Teta · ss

69 · The Healthiest Corpse in Town · Robert Phillips · ss

79 · Crime File 3549 · Monte Craven · ss

87 · And There Were Eight · Gloria Mitchell · ss

95 · Fifi · Harry J. Preston · ss

105 · A Borrowed Life · Wilkie Collins · nv (r)

126 · Theatre, Book and Television Reviews · Jeff Thomas · cl

Mystery Digest [Vol. 4 No. 2, March-April 1960] (35¢, digest)

· The Miracle · Rolfe Passer · ss

· The Fugitive · Joseph Commings · ss

· The Devil and Madame Webster · Andrea Bellini · ss

· Shadows · Carol Maston · ss

· Include Me Out · Henry J. Preston · ss

· A Second Look · Jon A. Teta · ss

· The Fatal Letter · Charlotte & Dan Ross · ss

· Musical Gems · Robert Phillips · ss

· A Perfect Gentleman · Wilkie Collins · ss (r)

· S.O.S. · Jerry Horton · ss

Mystery Digest [Vol. 4 No. 3, May-June 1960] ed. Rolfe Passer (Shelton Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by William F. Smith)
Given as Vol. 4 No. 2 in the Table of Contents.
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

2 · The Girl from Atlanta, Ga. · Rolfe Passer · ss; illustrated by William F. Smith

14 · Hot Bullets · Joseph Commings · ss

29 · The Wretches Cave · John Nicholson · ss

36 · Don’t Monkey Around with Tigers · Harry J. Preston · ss; illustrated by Neal Adams

47 · The Dummy · Monte Craven · ss

61 · The Lover’s Return · Joseph B. Rostoker · ss

69 · Poor Little Gigolo · Vittorio Amanetti · ss; illustrated by Neal Adams

81 · The Promoter · Marty Shaw · ss

91 · Two Hours to Live · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873, as ““Blow Up with the Brig!””
revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859).

105 · The Garden of Allah-Bama · Jon A. Teta · ss; illustrated by William F. Smith

118 · Doctor’s Corner · Abraham Lieberson, M.D. · cl

122 · Theatre, Book and Television Reviews · Jeff Thomas · cl

126 · The Mystery Digest Readers’ Column · The Readers · lc

ibc. · Did You Know That · [uncredited] · cl; illustrated by William F. Smith

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